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Hi Clinton
My Imperial is a USA car imported to
Australia about 18 months ago from Washinton State. Imperials were not
offered for sale here in Australia however I beleive their could be a very
very small number of pre war ones that were sold here (dont quote me on
that). We did have mainly US cars here pre war as we did not have our
own car manufacturing plants until 1948 when we started
producing Australias own car the Holden which was designed with the help of
engineers from Buick. They are still going strong today and are part of
the General Motors Group. Please send me your Email address and I will get
some photos to you.
Chris Wardle
1958 Imp Crown
Coupe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 1:25
AM
Subject: Re: IML: WARNING : desert valley
auto parts
Is your Imperial the same as the U.S. models? I am just
curious if there were differences even back then in a companies offerings from
Country to Country. Send me some pics if you don't mind, I collect
them. Cole LeVasseur- Scio, New York
wardle65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Gday
Guys and sorry to hear about your probs Marc
Folks restoring
Imperials in other countries find it hard to source parts
and the costs
of Air Freight shipping can be enoromous. It would be helpful
if vendors
could send stuff out by mail or a more economical way if
requested. I
love my Imperial and would like to bring it back to it's
former glory
and at a price that I don't have to take out a second mortage.
I have
been burnt a couple of times but put it down to experience and
wouldn't
use those vendors again so I guess it's there loss.
I must give a big
"Horray for the Day" to all those folks restoring our
Imps outside the
US.
Just my 2 cents worth
Chris Wardle
1958 Imp Crown
Coupe
>From the land down under
Sorry to hear
about your bad experience. I have had
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Wiselus"
To:
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:23
AM
Subject: Re: IML: WARNING : desert valley auto parts
>
Wow! Sorry about your problems with DVAP I live in Flagsatt, 120 Miles
> N. of there. Had I known I would have been glad to help you out. I
could
> have hand picked it and got it "freight shipped" to you in a
cost
> effective carrier. I have picked through their cars and pull
every piece
> worth taking for my 53 Imperial, as well as a few other
cars and trucks,
> they are ok face to face. I have had good luck and
fair prices in my
> experinces with them. Sometimes is just goes bad,
no matter who you are
> dealing with.
> IF you ever spot
another part you need there I would be glad to help you
> out, just
contact me offline.
> Hopefully you will enjoy that bumper, seeing you
paid a high price for it.
> Just kidding, but at least its on the car
now. Good luck.
>
>
> marc boulanger wrote:
>> Hi
everybody
>>
>> I want to share a BAD experience I just
had with DVAP.
>> I have Imperials , but also a 62 Mercury MOnterey
in need of a rear
>> bumper.
>> Found one at DVAP, a
company in Phoenix specialised in selling and
>> shipping car
parts around the world.
>> Price ok to me and of course transport
on me to Canada.
>> I am asked for a shipping adress and my master
card number.
>> 2 weeks after still have not received anything so I
call.
>> Nobody knows me over there, nothing in computer to my name
or phone, they
>> never had a 62 merc. in the first place.... I
completely vanished from
>> the radar screens.
>> Well I
had 2d thoughts maybe I had ordered from Hidden Valley Auto Parts
>> also near Phoenix.
>> So phoned there and these guys
really went out of their way to find some
>> order from me and
found none of course because indeed a few days after I
>> got my
master card bill , including 275$ shipping costs from ...DVAP.
>>
Expensive but what can I do.
>>
>> Still no bumper however
so I call: hey I' m the guy you don t know, has
>> no number but
strangely that has your name on his credit card! Ooops.
>> Now
they found me and told me they would phone the shipping company.
>>
They did phone as I got a call back from the shipping company.
>>
The bumper had been shipped AIR MAIL... was sitting in a hangar in
>> Montreal ( I'm 150 mile from there), and I had to pay 109$ MORE
for the
>> some kind of a broker or hangar storage, plus duty for
the canadian
>> government plus 115$ for additional shipment to my
town, the shipping
>> adress I had given in the first
place...
>>
>> So I phoned DVAP to learn that ........
it's all MY fault.
>> You see I was explained I live in some
strange and far away foreign
>> country called Canada. And there
are all these delays, duty costs and red
>> tape that are non
existent anywhere else. DVAP's only duty is to ship the
>> part to
the border ( why in the world it is air mail is beyond me) and
>>
why do they bother to ask a shipping adress is also beyond me. The
>> shipping company tells me the shipper ( DVAP) is all mixed up
since they
>> should have used ground transportation ( the
Exxpress part of the
>> company) and not the air shipping ( Global
part of the freight company)
>> but DVAP denies: the freight
company should be blamed , after all they
>> picked up the part at
DVAP did they not? Never mind that I regularly
>> order parts from
their US competiors with no problem , that I even bought
>> a
whole car in Minnesota and anothe rone in Florida with no
problem.
>> Nope.
>> DVAP did everything according to the
rules even if that means I now have
>> to drive 150 miles to sign
duty papers and pick up the part myself pay
>> additionnal
unnanounced broker or hangar costs, and get it back up here
>> to
avoid additionnal freight costs, a full month after DVAP sent me the
>> part and I miss the car show the part was ordered for in the
first place.
>>
>> BOTTOM LINE OF THIS TOO LONG LETTER: in
my case DVAP were slow, rather
>> rude and and blamed me for their
mishandling and mistakes. If you really
>> need to order from them
ask for a formal price and confirmation that the
>> delivery will
be at the shipping adress.
>>
>> More prudent to avoid
them altogether.
>>
>> My small bit of experience but a
very unpleasant and costly one.
>>
>> Marc
Boulanger
>> IMP 59
>> IMP 67
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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